I Never Heard My Music Played The

Our Nights Didn't Begin Until After Noon. Because In The Old Days, You'd Start Birdland At 8:30 Or 9 Pm And Play Until 4 In The Morning. Then You'd Go Out To The Corner And Talk To A Couple Of Musicians - I Used To Talk To Oscar Pettiford A Whole Lot - You'd Stand There Till 7, 8 Or 9, Or Else Go Down To The Jam Session At Minton's.

That Sound In Tune To You?.. Sounds Sharp To Me. Sounds Like I'm Playing Sharp All The Time. My Singing Teacher Told Us You Should Do That. Maybe I Got It From Her. She Said Singers When They Grow Old Have A Tendency To Go Flat. So If You Sing Sharp As A Young Person, As You Get Older And Go Flat, You'll Be In Tune. In Other Words, It's Never Thought Good To Be Flat. It Means You Can't Get To The Tone.

In High School I Was On The Basketball Team, But The Coach Did Something I Didn't Dig And The Next Day He Looked Up And Saw Me Practising With The Football Team.

What Do You Think Happens To A Composer Who Is Sincere And Loves To Write And Has To Wait Thirty Years To Have Someone Play A Piece Of His Music?

Thelonius Monk Went Over To Bird And Bud Powell And Said, 'i Told You Guys To Act Crazy, But I Didn't Tell You To Fall In Love With The Act. You're Really Crazy Now.'